Internet Safety

Being someone that gets onto the internet for whatever reason whether its for school, for social reasons, entertainment: missed episodes, music, pictures, I feel it is important to be aware of internet safety for myself.  Then there is my mom and little brother and sister.  I felt that after reading up on internet safety it was important for not only myself to be aware of the safety guidelines, but also for my mom to be aware so she can teach and be cautions of my little brother and sister; and also to teach my little brother and sister some tips and awareness for themselves so that they can be protected.
From iSAFE the first thing that I taught my mom and siblings were the 4 R's which are:
Recognize techniques used by online predators to deceive.
Refuse requests for personal information.
Respond assertively if you are ever in an uncomfortable situation online. Exit the program, log off or turn off the computer, tell a trusted adult, or call the police.
Report to a trusted adult any suspicious or dangerous contact that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Because my little brother and sister get onto a game called Club Penguin they interact with other "penguins" which I believe are other people around the world.  I'm not sure what exactly goes on, but I informed my mom to have my little bro and sis to ask for permission before logging onto the game so that she is aware of when they are on; and to also make sure the laptops are in the family room for her supervision.  Now, I noticed sometimes my sibs get onto Google or Youtube so I informed them that even with one missed spelled word something bad could pop up.  So to either make sure you type perfectly or you ask an adult to get to the website for you.  My parents were already aware of pop ups and what not so I'm not sure what they did, but they blocked them from happening on the computers at home.
Something I actually learned from my parents before was to never give out my personal information on the internet for just anything, so after reading some safety tips I found it important to transfer that information to my little siblings so that they know not to put their address or full name, etc when signing up for games or whatever it is.
I'm glad that we have places to learn of internet safety because the world is so corrupt I wouldn't want my little brother and sister to be tricked into anything that could put them in harms way.

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